Advanced Fluid Mechanics: Homework #3

1. Evaluate the radius component of the inertial term . (u )u in cylindrical

coordinates by using the identities

x = R cos

y = R sin
ue x + ve y = u R e R + u e
And any other vector identities given in textbook Appendix A as required.

Here

R and are cylindrical coordinates, uR and u are the corresponding velocity

components, and er and e are the unit base vector.
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2. Write out the expression for the dissipation function in cartesian coordinate
(x,y,z) with corresponding velocity component (u,v,w).
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3. Write down the equations governing the velocity and pressure in steady,
two-dimensional flow of an inviscid, incompressible fluid in which gravity may
be neglected. If the fluid is stratified, the density will depend, in general, on
both x and y. Show that the transformation:

u* =

u , v* =
0

v
0

In which 0 is a constant reference density, transforms theses governing

equations into those of a constant density fluid whose velocity components are
u* and v*.
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4. Say that we have a fluid of variable density at rest and acted upon by a
conservative body force Fj (per unit mass) so

Fj =

= . Derive the
x j

necessary relation between and such that fluid is indeed at rest and no motion
at all. (Hinit: use the momentum equation eg. With uj=0)
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